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ken0042 · 10-20-2005, 01:01 PM

They say by the time you see one, you have about a dozen.

I made the mistake of catching the first one live, opening the front door, and letting him run free. Little did I know he'd be going right back "home." I read a story on the internet when I was exploring non-lethal measures. A guy in Deer Run was trying to get rid of them, and was driving them kilometres away. But he thought they were the same mice coming back. He ended up tagging them (some people have too much time on their hands) and confirmed this. He went so far as to drop them off in Douglasdale, but the buggers found their way over bridges to come home within a few weeks.

I was leary about killing mice; as I used to have gerbils when I was a kid, so these were like little gerbils to me. After a few of them though; I used to look forward to hearing the "snap" coming from the other room.

The only hard part; the trap doesn't always kill them. The least messy way I found was to fill the sink with water to drown them. It is a little cruel, but knocking them out with a hammer was too messy if you hit them too hard.

10-20-2005, 01:01 PM	#13
ken0042 Playboy Mansion Poolboy Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Close enough to make a beer run during a TV timeout Exp:	They say by the time you see one, you have about a dozen. I made the mistake of catching the first one live, opening the front door, and letting him run free. Little did I know he'd be going right back "home." I read a story on the internet when I was exploring non-lethal measures. A guy in Deer Run was trying to get rid of them, and was driving them kilometres away. But he thought they were the same mice coming back. He ended up tagging them (some people have too much time on their hands) and confirmed this. He went so far as to drop them off in Douglasdale, but the buggers found their way over bridges to come home within a few weeks. I was leary about killing mice; as I used to have gerbils when I was a kid, so these were like little gerbils to me. After a few of them though; I used to look forward to hearing the "snap" coming from the other room. The only hard part; the trap doesn't always kill them. The least messy way I found was to fill the sink with water to drown them. It is a little cruel, but knocking them out with a hammer was too messy if you hit them too hard.